A small tornado causes widespread panic on the beaches of Huelva

A quiet evening beach became just seconds into "absolute chaos." It happened Sunday at the beach of La Bota, around three p.m. . A small tornado surprised people quietly sunbathing and enjoying the sea. The air lifted by this atmospheric phenomenon took everything he found his way, dragging chairs, floats and umbrellas , and lifting more than 20 meters. A few hours earlier, about half past one p.m. , a gust of wind affected similarly Portil beach...

Spanish police have arrested a Colombian drug boss dubbed ‘The Mouse’, the alleged leader of a major cocaine smuggling gang accused of 400 killings

Spanish police have arrested a Colombian drug boss dubbed ‘The Mouse’, the alleged leader of a major cocaine smuggling gang accused of 400 killings, officials said on Saturday. Officers arrested the 40-year-old, whose real name is reportedly Hernan Alonso Villa, in the eastern seaside...

Scientists Have Discovered Why Marijuana Makes You Paranoid

Your weed-induced paranoia is a real thing.A new study has found that weed can make actually you paranoid, confirming the findings of investigations dating back to the 1930s, as well as anyone who has ever smoked weed and then ridden the subway. However, researchers found that it's not the weed that directly causes panic, but rather that it makes you more vulnerable to the onset of panic. The study: Oxford University researchers administered intravenous...

Ms Sandiford to be executed for drug trafficking.

A British grandmother has been sentenced to death by firing squad for smuggling almost 5kg of cocaine into Bali.Lindsay Sandiford was arrested in May last year after she tried to enter the Indonesian holiday island with illegal drugs worth £1.6 million hidden in her suitcase.Local prosecutors had called for the 56-year-old housewife to be jailed for 15 years. But today there were gasps in the Bali courtroom when a panel of judges announced Ms Sandiford...

Amber Gold affair is one of the biggest financial scandals to hit Poland since the fall of communism in 1989.

It was pretty much all the money Bozena Oracz had after a working life as an accountant: the equivalent of $15,000. She placed it in a fund investing in gold, with the hope of paying for her daughter's studies and getting treatment for a bad knee.Those dreams were dashed when she discovered she had fallen victim to an elaborate fraud scheme that has left thousands of Poles, many of them elderly, facing financial ruin.The so-called Amber...

Miguel Angel Trevino Morales new leader is emerging at the head of one of Mexico's most feared drug cartels.

This undated image taken from the Mexican Attorney General's Office rewards program website on Aug. 23, 2012, shows the alleged leader of Zetas drug cartel, Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, alias âZ-40.â (AP Photo/Mexican Attorney General's Office website)Mexico's Violent Zetas Cartel...

Laurence Kilby, 40, of Cheltenham, who built and raced cars, was arrested after police seized cocaine with a street value of £1m.

 Laurence Kilby, 40, of Cheltenham, who built and raced cars, was arrested after police seized cocaine with a street value of £1m.A "privileged" racing driver has been jailed with 11 other drug smugglers. Crown Court heard he was head of a gang moving drugs from Eastern...

Bikie gang suspects in brawl arrests at Penrith shopping centre

FOUR men with alleged links to outlaw motorcycle gangs were arrested last week after a brawl at a Penrith shopping centre. Police officers from the gangs squad and Penrith local area command had been investigating the brawl, which forced shoppers to flee for their safety about 2.45pm last Monday. Police will allege a man was leaving the shopping centre when he was confronted by a group of nine men and fighting began. A number of people tried to...

27 charged in California-Mexico methamphetamine ring

 Local and federal authorities moved Thursday to break up an alleged drug trafficking ring connecting a major Mexican cartel and San Gabriel Valley street gangs, arresting 17 people in a pre-dawn sweep. A federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges 27 defendants with making, possessing and dealing methamphetamine imported by La Familia Michoacana, one of Mexico’s most violent cartels, to two Pomona gangs: Los Amables and Westside Pomona Malditos....

Police think Ogden drive-bys are tied to gang's power struggle

Police believe drive-by shootings at an Ogden home Tuesday night and Wednesday morning may be related to a violent power struggle within a street gang over control of leadership, drugs and money. Ogden Police Lt. Scott Conley declined to identify the gang, but said members are not affiliated with the Ogden Trece. On Monday, 2nd District Judge Ernie Jones issued a permanent injunction against Trece members, banning them from associating with each...

ADDICTION charity Focus12 has received a huge financial boost after a codumentary about Russell Brand was shown last night.

The documentary Russell Brand: Addiction to Recovery resulted in an immediate boost in donations and inspired the managing director of Bury St Edmunds based Chevington Finance and Leasing to offer the charity £106,000 over three years.Russell Brand attended Focus12, the Bury St Edmunds abstinence-based alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre, in 2003 and is now a patron of the charity, describing it as ‘a really excellent example of a small...

The Colombian Navy captured four Costa Ricans allegedly attempting to smuggle a ton of cocaine near San Andres island in the Caribbean

The Colombian Navy captured four Costa Ricans allegedly attempting to smuggle a ton of cocaine near San Andres island in the Caribbean, pointing to Costa Rican groups’ growing role in the drug trade.On July 14, the navy detained four Costa Rican citizens who were transporting 81...

13 Hannibal drug dealers behind bars

Hannibal police have arrested 13 people on drug charges over the last few days, many of whom are suspected drug dealers. Police said these arrests are the result of months of investigation, and show the police departments continued commitment to getting drugs out of the community. Police said the drug dealers arrested were selling not just meth, but also heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and prescription pills; all drugs that are all too common in the...

Area drug sting nets 29 arrests, $39,000 cash, 10 cars and two jet skis

Area police arrested 29 people Monday on federal and state felony drug charges and seized about 13 pounds of marijuana, LSD firearms, cocaine, $34,000 in cash and cars and jet skis. A narcotics investigation was initiated by the Indiana State Police, the Logansport Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff’s Department. The Illinois State Police, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Cass County Prosecutor’s Office, the Illinois Attorney...

Police bust drug network selling Mexican meth in Oklahoma

Police arrested 17 people on Monday and were looking for 21 more in a crackdown on what they described as a major operation smuggling Mexican-made methamphetamine across the border for sale in central Oklahoma. Mark Woodward, spokesman for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, said the drug ring distributed 10 to 12 pounds of methamphetamine valued at up to $200,000 each week in central Oklahoma. The meth was brought across the border by car, he said....

Drug arrests as people leave Camp Bisco

Two people are arrested on drug charges on their way home from the Camp Bisco Music Festival. Police say Joshua Dangler, 24, was stopped at a traffic stop where he was found to be acting erratic and seemed to be under the influence of an unknown substance. Troopers searched the car and say they found six ounces of cocaine, hallucinogenic mushrooms, MDMA, and marijuana. Tisha Brice, 19, who was a passenger in the car, was also arrested. Dangler...

Traffic stop yields three drug arrests in Livingston County

vehicle stop Saturday night has led to drug charges against three people, the Livingston County Sheriff's Office reported Sunday. Arrested and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony, were Jerry E. Edmister, 49, of Wayland, Donnell F. Lemmon, 32, of Atlanta, N.Y., and Stephanie L. Dean, 22, of Mt. Morris. Authorities said Lemmon was the operator of a vehicle that was pulled over for minor traffic...

Sixty arrests in Bradford over guns and drugs

Sixty arrests have been made over gun and drug-related crime in Bradford in the past two weeks. Two sawn-off shotguns, a home-made stun gun and 94 rounds of ammunition were also seized in Operation Sabredale, said West Yorkshire Police. Class A and B drugs with an estimated value of £438,000 were also recovered along with £176,000 in cash. Officers found a suspected counterfeit credit card factory and seized 58 cars, many untaxed or unlicensed....

30 people have now been arrested and charged as part of an ongoing drugs Operation in the Scottish Borders.

Operation Goal, which launched on Wednesday, July 4, saw officers from all over Lothian and Borders Police carry out a series of raids in Hawick, Kelso, Selkirk, Melrose and Galshiels, following months of evidence gathering into street-level drug dealing. During the first enforcement phase, 25 people were charged with alleged drug offences and appeared in court thanks to the invaluable information officers received from the local communities. Quantities...

On the surface, he was a small-town high school student, but cops say an Ohio teen was cleaning up as the kingpin of a major marijuana operation - and even his mother was in the dark about it.

The teen, who has not been identified, had six lieutenants, selling as much as $20,000 of high-grade homegrown marijuana every month to high school students in Mason, Ohio.Investigators said those who participated in the sophisticated operation were careful not to do business on...

The number of Britons arrested overseas is on the rise, official figures have shown.

 The Foreign Office (FO) handled 6,015 arrest cases involving British nationals abroad between April 2011 and March 2012. This was 6% more than in the previous 12 months and included a 2% rise in drug arrests. The figures, which include holidaymakers and Britons resident overseas, showed the highest number of arrests and detentions was in Spain (1,909) followed by the USA (1,305). Spanish arrests rose 9% in 2011/12, while the United States was...

shooting a cop dead is now legal in the state of Indiana.

Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republican, has authorized changes to a 2006 legislation that legalizes the use of deadly force on a public servant — including an officer of the law — in cases of “unlawful intrusion.” Proponents of both the Second and Fourth Amendments — those that allow for the ownership of firearms and the security against unlawful searches, respectively — are celebrating the update by saying it ensures that residents are protected from...

ON CLOUD NINE: BATH SALTS BY ANOTHER NAME... WITH STRONG COMPULSIONS TO REDOSE

After the recent stream of disturbing news reports of people eating others' flesh, Hornaday Manufacturing has released bullets that promise to ‘make dead permanent.’The ammunition, branded as Zombie Max offers Proven Z-Max bullets, is live ammunition, but is actually only intended...

Britons could face death over drugs

A British housewife could face the death penalty after being arrested over a £1.6 million cocaine haul on a tropical island. Lindsay Sandiford, 55, was caught with 4.8kg of the drug stuffed in the lining of a suitcase as she arrived in Bali, according to customs officials. After her arrest on the Indonesian island last week she agreed to take part in a sting operation in which police swooped on four other suspects. Another British woman, two British...

Bankia shares are suspended in Madrid

Trading in shares in the Spanish lender Bankia have been suspended in Madrid. The market regulator CNMV said it was "due to circumstances that may affect the normal share trading". Bankia is reported to be due to ask the government for a bailout of more than 15bn euros ($19bn; £12bn) after a board meeting later on Friday. Bankia, which is Spain's fourth-largest bank, was part-nationalised two weeks ago because of its problems with bad property...

UK Jobseekers who reject help for alcohol and drug addiction face benefits cut

Unemployed people suspected of suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction will have their benefits cut if they refuse treatment for their condition, the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, will signal on Wednesday. In a sign of the government's new benefits regime, which lies at the heart of Duncan Smith's cost-cutting welfare changes, staff in Jobcentre Plus offices will be encouraged to cut the jobseeker's allowance of claimants who...

Dog 'The Bounty Hunter' Chapman's Show Canceled

Dog "The Bounty Hunter" Chapman will have more time on his hands to catch criminals, because his show on A&E is being canceled ... TMZ has learned. Multiple sources connected with the show tell us ... Dog's people and A&E have been negotiating, but the network has now decided to pull the plug and not do season 9. One source connected with Dog tells us the cancellation is based on "creative differences."  But here's the reality ......

Four sentenced in crack cocaine ring

Four people were sentenced to federal prison after admitting their roles in a crack cocaine ring in Logan County. Demetrius Levon Thomas, 24, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced Thursday to nearly six years in prison while his cohorts, Justin Dwayne Clark, 34, of Logan County and Dennis James Brown, 19, of Columbus, Ohio, were sentenced to three years in prison. The three pleaded guilty to participating in a crack cocaine ring last summer in Logan...

Alleged Cocaine Kingpin Nabbed In Queens Drug Ring Bust

A 15-month investigation by the New York City Police Department and the Queens district attorney's office has led to the arrest of 45 people, including a man who is allegedly one of the city's biggest cocaine dealers. The investigation centered on two gangs in southeast Queens, the South Side Bloods and the Corley Crew, which police say brought in more than $15,000 a week in narcotics sales. Authorities say James "Wall" Corley, seen above, who was...

Reverberations from drug raid felt in US, Honduras

Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading close to 1,000 pounds of cocaine. Now reverberations from a drug raid that locals say killed four innocent people are being felt from the sultry jungles of Central America to Capitol Hill. Last week's DEA-supported predawn raid on the banks of a remote Honduran river began when U.S. drug agents and Honduran...

Alleged cocaine swallower due in court

An American man accused of swallowing 62 pellets of cocaine in a bid to smuggle them into New Zealand will be back in court today. Mark Henderson had arrived in Auckland from Chile when he was stopped by customs and allegedly found to be carrying 1.3 kilograms of the class A drug inside his body. Customs said the 41-year-old admitted to being an internal drug courier during a search of his luggage. He had also allegedly passed some of the pellets...